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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Tool and Die Machinist”

Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.

Related Technology & Tools

Scribers
Machinists' squares
Pipe threaders
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Radius gauges
Flywheel lathes
Phillips head screwdrivers
Telescoping gauges
Knee mills
Reamers
Crankshaft grinders
Cold saws
Angled feeler gauges
Shapers
Sensitive drill presses
Beverly shears
Boring bars
Grinding dogs
Power drills
Resurfacing machines
Vernier height gauges
Hex keys
Marking blocks
Platforms
Turning lathes
Surface grinding machines
Side cutting pliers
Cylindrical grinders
Full face shields
Portable welding equipment
Calipers
Boring tools
Steel wedges
Thread gauges
Vernier bevel protractors
Hermaphrodite calipers
Gauges
Sharpening equipment
Magnetic retrievers
Swaging tools
Arbor presses
Outside spring calipers
Sledgehammers
Pry bars
Personal digital assistants PDA
Hydraulic presses
Inside spring calipers
Shielded arc welding tools
Metal shears
Milling machines
Steel rules
Edge finders
Screw pitch gauges
Jointers
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Parallel blocks
Half-round files
Grinders
Deburring tools
Engine lathes
Spirit levels
Needlenose pliers
Dial calipers
Combination pliers
Torches
Machinists' hammers
Vernier calipers
Broachers
Machine shop rigging equipment
Cutoff saws
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Wedges
Ball peen hammers
Single-cut mill saw files
Center drills
Shims
Socket wrench sets
Cylinder honers
Lathes
Screwdrivers
Combination drills
Chamfer tools
V blocks
Putty knives
Hex wrenches
Centrifugal spin casters
Brazing equipment
Outside micrometers
Threading machines
Welding lenses
Horizontal mills
Micrometers
Spindle blade screwdrivers
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Ladders
Sine bars
Square chisels
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Hand saws
Grinding wheel arbors
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Ring gauges
Milling vises
Tube benders
Plasma welders
Brass hammers
Workshop cranes
Sandblasters
Aviation snips
Planers
Turret lathes
Height gauges
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Personal computers
Inside micrometers
Combination wrenches
Buffers
Flat files
Metal spray equipment
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Tongs
Radial drill presses
Planer gauges
Pillar drill machines
Forklifts
Breaker lathes
Chippers
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
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Anvils
Dial indicators
Undercut tools
Cold chisels
Punches
Brake presses
Desktop computers
Composition hammers
Staging equipment
Vertical milling machines
Drum lathes
Pipe wrenches
Heat-treating equipment
Angle plates
Shears
Soldering equipment
Binocular light compound microscopes
Adjustable wrenches
Horizontal lathes
Power hacksaws
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Metal cutting taps
Rubber mallets
Feeler gauges
Chucks
Hand clamps
Horizontal boring bars
Laser printers
Ratchet sets
Utility knives
Prick punches
Milling angle form cutters
Hacksaws
Valve grinding machines
Surface gauges
Welding shields
Channel lock pliers
Radial drills

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